Coronado National Forest and CASA Collaborations:
CASA continues to forge and strengthen relationships with the Coronado National Forest! The Coronado National Forest wants to contract our own Eric Ruljancich for a few days to assess Crags Against Humanity and develop a plan to improve the area as part of their commitment to improving and supporting climbing areas. Once the plan is completed, the Forest Service will review it and then hopefully work in partnership with CASA to implement the work. There will be volunteer opportunities, so stay tuned! US Forest Service recognizing Eric Ruljancich’s work:
"As a trail user, I love the Santa Catalina trail system, and it is an honor to be able to lend my professional skills to their improvement," said Outslope Trail Solutions owner Eric Ruljancich. Since 2021 Outslope Trail Solutions has been working in partnership with the National Forest Foundation (NFF) and the Coronado National Forest to help repair trails within the Santa Catalina Ranger District that were impacted by the Bighorn Fire of 2020.
Through a combination of volunteer events and targeted technical crew work, Outslope Trail Solutions has completed repairs on:
Recently, the crew has removed 1.5 miles of dense brush from the East side of the Cathedral Rock Trail, and installed erosion control features to repair a heavily eroded section of the Pontatoc Trail. Additionally, a volunteer event on Ventana Canyon made improvements to make the trail easier to follow at the 2-mile mark.Work completed on the Pontatoc Trail:
For more information, see the links below:
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In 2018 CASA put together a Recreation Trails Program proposal to provide maintenance and restoration on heavily used Santa Catalina Ranger District Forest Service trails that are used by rock climbers, hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers.
The proposal stated that CASA would primarily be maintaining and restoring trails different from a 2016 Grant, but will be returning to a few areas that need additional work. |
The project accomplished the following goals:
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Mount Lemmon Highway Cleanup
May 1, 2022
CASA volunteers came out strong on Sunday, May 1
They covered a lot of ground from the top at Marshall Gulch down to Hairpin!
They covered a lot of ground from the top at Marshall Gulch down to Hairpin!
CASA volunteers removed this and more from various locations on Mount Lemmon. Thanks to all of our volunteers and supporters who made this possible. |
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Pontatoc Trail on Feb 27
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A big thanks to all of our volunteers and the @accessfund National Conservation Team who came out and did the following work on Pontatoc Trail on Feb 27:
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